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7 indexed mentions for this inquiry Earliest recorded mention: 26 February 2015
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Written Question House of Commons
Tulip Siddiq · Labour Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many restriction (a) notices and (b) orders her Department has issued to restrict inquiries under (i) section 19(1)(a) and (ii) section 19(1)(b) of the Inquiries Act 2005 in each year since 2009-10 (A) in total and (B) for the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

Since 2009, under section 19(2)(a) of the Inquiries Act 2005,the Secretary of State for the Home Department has issued a total of four restriction notices - two in 2014 and two in 2015. All four were in relation to the Litvinenko Inquiry.

The Secretary of State for the Home Department has not issued any restriction notices for the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

Under section 19(2)(b) of the Inquiries Act 2005 restriction orders can only be issued by the Chair of an inquiry.

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